My First Blog!!!

This is my first run at doing anything like this, but Liz is my hero in the blog world, so I'll do my best to make her proud.

First up, the two big announcements... If you don't already know, Robin and I have been engaged since mid April, and will be getting married October 26th of this year. Linked to this (if I do it right) is the first of two engagement picture settings.

This was the volunteer effort of JR, who I cannot thank enough for his time and efforts. JR gave up two hours on a Saturday to hang out with the five of us and take a variety of photos. He still had a CD with over 100 pictures in my hands on Monday.

We used multiple locations too, for which we have to also give huge thanks to Herb & Pam Eaton who gave us the run of their home, yard, and studio in Bloomington.

Obviously, you'll hear a lot more about all of the comings and goings of the wedding here.

Secondly, Robin & I each completed a designation this week. I'm happy to say that we managed to both take an exam on the same day, spend the weekend studying together, and didn't kill each other! I've now completed my Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter designation (CPCU) and am thrilled to say that I plan to take at least a years break from exams to focus on the wedding, family, and everything else that is going on.

I said that once I completed the exams, I would also start a blog (again, inspired by Liz, check out her work!!!) and keep it going. So, here goes. Please send me feedback to help make it better and come check it out often!

The blogs will get better, I'm sure. I will email this out to anyone I can think of that might want it, and most likely some of you who would rather not... Please feel free to forward it on if you think someone else would be interested and also let me know if you would rather not receive email updates. I get plenty of email myself and will not be offended if you would rather not receive these updates.

Have a great weekend ~ More to come later in the month!